I think she’s trying to say something like that, but by emphasizing repeatedly how quickly American society changed, Gross takes her as meaning that she actually changed her mind earlier but didn’t feel politically safe in announcing it until recently. Which is a cardinal sin in American politics: Better to maintain a bald-faced lie, even if everyone knows it’s a lie, than admit to political cowardice. The left will tolerate the former, as we all saw when they pretended Obama was anti-SSM in 2008. They won’t tolerate the latter, which is why Hillary gets so testy at Gross for badgering her near the end.

I listened to that interview yesterday while driving home. (Yeah, I listen to NPR – only place I can find decent music and stimulating discussions. Most “talk radio” is banal at best.)

She’s been in the business of showing herself off since 2004 with a wide range of thicknesses. I found a recent yoga pants selfie that I did not include because of low resolution, but I think she’s fine as frog hair.

“It’s true that the interview gets more intense at one point, on the subject of same-sex marriage, but that is because Terry Gross (the interviewer) decides to keep following up, probing, in an effort to get Hillary to concede that, years ago, she covered up her support for same-sex marriage because it was politically opportune. Gross was trying to pin something on her, and I liked it that Hillary noticed and, in the midst of eloquently elaborating her thought-out talking points on marriage equality, turned on a dime and put Gross in her place.

We need that kind of sharpness on our side. You can’t be sliding along, acting amiable, when you’re talking to Vladimir Putin. I want someone with that kind of mental and verbal skill working for us.”

Too bad she didn’t exhibit that kind of mental and verbal skills to our enemy while SoS. #Benghazi
Instead she exhibited it towards the enemy of her enemy. The families and the American public while she stood there and lied to their faces.

Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the Internal Revenue Service informing the Committee that they have lost Lois Lerner emails from a period of January 2009 – April 2011. Due to a supposed computer crash, the agency only has Lerner emails to and from other IRS employees during this time frame. The IRS claims it cannot produce emails written only to or from Lerner and outside agencies or groups, such as the White House, Treasury, Department of Justice, FEC, or Democrat offices.

According to The National Safety Council your odds of being killed by a gun are 1:356

Did they break those odds down any further?

Like, OOBKBAG if you are a criminal / live in Chicago, Detroit, Miami, LA, NYC, or near MLK Blvd / hang out with bad people / etc. vs. law-abiding citizen / live in high-tax neighborhood / member of PTA / etc?

‘Cuz I’m betting the odds for most people in that 2nd group are much, MUCH lower than 1:356.

I actually have to disagree with Dave Brat. The government doesn’t have a monopoly on violence. It has a monopoly on revenge. If someone breaks into my house while I’m inside, I can shoot them to defend myself. If I come home to find my house ransacked, I can’t go hunt down the perpetrators even if I have irrefutable proof of their guilt.

In the sweet spot of life. All is well. Except for the fact that Henry is either going to kill me from a massive cumulative heart attack from his general stuntman jackassery or from the 187 random viruses he brings home from pre-school.

so, tonight a “guest” gave me one of those stupid Keno things. I took it to the bartender, and he gave me a new $20 ticket and $4. She had won $24, but didn’t want a new ticket (she GAVE me the form, and I’ an idiot waitress – I take what you hand me TO the bartender).

So, I’m informed I just bought $20 in muthafocking Keno tickets.

FAAACKKKK

The guilted guest gave me a bigger tip than they would have otherwise, and then I won $44.

Ugh. RL friend just posted an article about putting MLK on currency. I guess Jackson and Grant don’t deserve to be on cash money, yo. To be serial, Alexander Hamilton wasn’t even a President. Neither was Benjamin Franklin. Sacajawea!!! Chester Cheeto! TFG!!!

Morning, children. About 1/3rd of the way done with the new floor in the living room. Not divorced yet, so that’s good. Penelope has a meeting this morning so I get a break. Hopefully we can get another third done this afternoon.

Mare’s Musings

February 18, 2018

I’ll tell you, I had to turn the Olympics off last night. The gay overload with the gay flags and gayness and the gay skier and the all about gay was too much for me. How does being gay have ANYTHING to do with skiing unless you’re purposefully landing on a pole?